Psychology Test: Chapter 3
George Miller theorized that short-term memory is limited to about
7 items
George Miller is:
7 units
Short-term memory is
Active rehearsal
Retroactive interference is:
Blockage by new material
Sensory storage is:
Blockage by old material
Interference refers to
Blocking of a memory by previous or subsequent memories
Nondirected thoughts are:
Daydreams
2 types of thinking?
Directed thinking and nondirected thinking
"I am amazing. I can just look at a picture and remember of the details in the picture. I can also look at my notes for just a few minutes and have everything in my brain. Only 5% of the population is like me."
Eidetic memory
Photographic memory is also called
Eidetic memory
A multiple choice question retrieved information through recall. True or false
False
Proactive interference is:
Fraction of a second
Short-term memories
Have limited capacity
The "aha" experience, or suddenly realizing the solution to a problem, is called
Insight
Mnemonic devices are:
Memory aids
Recognition is:
Multiple-choice test
Which of the following applies to the ability to identify the name of your first grade teacher in a newspaper article?
Nondirected thinking
Eidetic memory is:
Photographic memory
Mentally rearranging parts in order to find a novel solution is called
Recombination
According to some theories, to recall a particular event, you should try to recreate the mood you were in when it happened. True or false
True
Confabulation is:
Remembering events that did not happen
Dawn's old boyfriend called the other day. She couldn't remember his name though. She just kept thinking of her new boyfriends name.
Retroactive interference
While entertaining a group of friends in the living room, you hear your infant sister crying in the bedroom. This is an example of
Selective attention
Name 3 kinds of memory
Sensory storage, Short term memory, and long term memory
Chunking is associated with
Short-term memory
Confabulation can include wrong or fictional information. True or false
True
Short-term memory lasts for less than 20 seconds without rehearsal? True or false
True
Image is:
Unit of thought
